Environmental Issues

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Across
  1. 4. The contamination of water sources that make the water unusable
  2. 7. The thinning of the ozone layer present in the upper atmosphere due to the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
  3. 8. Species of animals that are at risk of extinction because the of loss of their habitat and/or sudden decrease of population
  4. 9. Results in the extraction of minerals from the earth’s core.
  5. 10. When forests are cleared by cutting trees and not replanting them.
Down
  1. 1. Solid particles and gasses in the air that are harmful or poisonous
  2. 2. The decline or disappearance of biological diversity
  3. 3. Liquid and solid waste from farming activities such as runoff from fertilizers, pesticides, feedlots, and erosion from over plowing fields.
  4. 5. A change in the average conditions in a region over a 30 year average of time.
  5. 6. Creation of radioactive wastes